Labor Day at the Ranch

What a whirlwind weekend! Grandma Terry and Aunt Erin flew in to visit us, and Sat morning we drove (in torrential rain!) up to mom's to spend the weekend on the ranch. I have never seen so much rain. It was noon when we got there, but it was completely dark. Grace was confused and kept asking if it was bedtime. Luckily the rain quickly passed and we got to spend a fun weekend with family and friends. The Smith family joined us and Grace and Noah had a blast playing with their two daughters who are around the same ages. We saw a javelina (which we named Julio), and probably close to 50 hummingbirds. Grace rode a horse for about 2 seconds, but at least she isn't terrified of them anymore, although she still prefers cows. Noah is talking up a storm, and now says that things are "coool." He will see something and go "ook, ook (look)...cooool" It is really funny to see what a 21 month old boy thinks is cool. Mostly cars, trucks, trains, etc. although dad's gym bag also got the "cool" seal of approval!
You can visit www.lindsayhallam.com/laborday for a slideshow of all the pictures from the weekend (I know, it's hard to believe that there could be more than the bazillion I posted here :))